I am

I think I’m good with technology. When something’s not working, others in the room usually turn to me and ask me to try to get the computer to do what they need it to do. But put me in front of code that’s not basic HTML and I’m useless without a guide. 
I think I’m an artist. I may not sing to anyone but myself, I may not paint or draw beyond rough sketches to design characters, but I try to create something that shows my own perspective of the world that I like to think is art.
I think I’m flamboyant, and not ashamed to be myself. I know I’m not afraid to make an impression on people, and am more than willing to be myself even when in front of people that I don’t know very well. But I also sometimes have to adapt the kind of person I am when I’m interacting with certain kinds of people that I need to make a certain kind of impression on.
I think I’m not a bad person. I may be rude, I may be blunt, but I don’t do so out of hatred. I do so because I would prefer others to tell me the harsh truth than the gilded lies.
I am no more or less than that which I am. Don’t let me oversell myself, but also don’t let me think that I am less than I am and I will do the same for you. Don’t do the same for yourself, and be sure not to do it just because you think that by underselling yourself you will seem more real.

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